Legislators should set priorities

I refer to the real problems in the state of Florida, such as property taxes, the economy, education (we're 50th in the nation in funding education), cell phone usage while driving a vehicle, etc.

The Legislature is using, or has used, its time to deal with toilet paper in restaurants, and sucking up to the National Rifle Association so people can carry guns to work (even though we have a concealed weapons law and the fact that one doesn't need a permit to carry a gun in a vehicle as long as it takes three moves to activate it).

Last year, they passed a law that says people can take their pets to restaurants (maybe that's why they wanted to insure the toilet paper supply).

Lastly, they're wanting to change the penalties for people who drive on suspended licenses. This is so they can save millions in not having to house these people in prison.

What price is there on the life of the 4-year-old girl in Sunrise who was killed by such a driver? And, he left the scene of the crime to get his car repaired. Would he then get the new "minimal sentence" that this inept Legislature is proposing? Maybe they really need to listen to Rep. Ari Porth, who has been trying for three years to stiffen such sentences for all the right reasons. Why don't they address the real problem of decades of inappropriate funding of the corrections component of the criminal justice system? After all, our dedicated correctional officers are the lowest paid in the nation (see my comment on education). Does anybody else see a pattern here, or am I the only one?